Type-holder.



No. 723,665. PATENTED MAR. 24, 1 903.

, H. S. FOLGER.

TYPE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 3, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

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HARRY S. FOLGER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 723,665, dated March 24, 1903.

Anplica tion filed April 3, 1902. Serial No. 101.144. (No modelh To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY S. FOLGER, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Type-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to type-holders, and has for its object improvement in such hold-' ers. More particularly, the invention relates to holders for rubber type, though I make it also to hold metallic type by putting rubber or other yielding material under the type and on the leads or line-dividing plates. The present type-holder difiers from other holders in that the type-holding channels are composed of line-dividing plates which are adj ustable, so that they can accommodate type of different sizes, which plates are held by bars or otherwise from falling out of the holder.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is aperspective view showing a holder arranged as a hand-stamp for either rubber or metallic type. Fig. 2 is a plan. Fig. 3 is an end elevation. Fig. at is an enlarged detail showing the construction of the line-dividing plates. Fig. 5 is a section on line 5 5 of Fig. 4:. Fig. 6 shows the construction of the line-dividing plates when the type-holding frame is wide enough to permit of its use; and Fig. 7is a perspective view of the form of holder used with a press, the type being omitted.

In the said drawings, A is a type-holding frame consisting of a metallic plate having opposite edges turned up to form the flanges A. Connecting the ends of opposite flanges are the bolts B. In narrow holders, like that of Fig. 1, these bolts are secured by nuts B, but in wide holders, like that of Fig. 7, they may be simply rivets. Mounted on the bolts B are a series of line-dividing plates P, which are provided with a rubber covering P in holders intendedto hold metal type either part of the time or all'of the time. In holders intended only for rubber type the covering P may be omitted. In narrow holders the plates P are provided with holes P through which the bolts B pass, the bolts being removable for the purpose of permitting the removal of the plates. In wide holders this hole becomes the notch P of Fig. 6.

Thereason-for this difference is that in holders having a considerable distance between the flanges A the plates P may be inserted or removed by turning them to an angle with the flanges sufficient to permit the extreme ends of the plates to clear the bolts B, while holders having the flanges near together do not permit a sufficient inclination of the plates to allow them to be removed. The question of hole P or notch P is therefore largely a question of size of holder, and the question of whether B is a bolt or a rivet depends upon the construction of the plates P. In holders intended for the use of metal as well as rubber type there is placed a cushion A of rubber or other yielding material, under the type T close to the lower edges of the line-dividing plates P. In one of the flanges A are screws S, which bear againsta plate P similar to the plates P, but preferably heavier and without a rubber covering P. When the type .T are placed in the holder and the screws S are tightened up, a comparatively light pressure serves to hold the type in place, because each line of type is held on both sides by a line-dividing plate, and these plates are in turn held by the rods or bolts B. There is consequently no tendency for the type to get off of their feet, and tosecure this result to the best advantage the plates P are made to fit the bolts B pretty closely. It will be obvious that it is not'essential to use bolts B of the character shown. The ends of the plates P might be held in grooves or in any other convenient manner. What is-essential is that they be adjustable to accommodate type of dilferent sizes and that they be held so that they will in turn hold the type from rising 0d of their feet.

What I claim is- 1. In a type-holder, a metallic plate having opposite edges turned up to form. flanges, removable bolts connecting the opposite flanges near their ends, line-dividing plates supported by and guided on said bolts, and screws located in one of said flanges between said bolts and arranged to press, said plates toward each other so as to clamp type within said holder.

2. In a type-holder, a frame provided with flanges, ayielding cushion supported in said frame between its flanges, guides connecting yielding material, said plates being held by the ends of opposite flanges, line-dividing and adjustable on said bolts, and screws 10- plates held by said guides and movable over cated in one of the flanges of said frame and the surface of said cushion so as to form adapted to press said plates upon type held 15 5' type-holding channels of variable widths, in said holder. and means for clamping said plates upon type Signed at Chicago, Illinois, this 26th day of in said channelsso as to firmly hold such March, 1902.

type in place with their feet on said cushion. HARRY S. FOLGER.

3. In a type-holder, a' frame provided with Witnesses: to flanges, bolts connecting said flanges, line- B. D. SWIsHER,

dividing plates provided with coverings of FRED B. STEWART. 

